Access Bridged Modem

Hi, I don't believe that's possible in PPPoE mode.

See also
https://community.sophos.com/products/unified-threat-management/astaroorg/f/53/t/32423

Barry

Hi everyone, found work around:

Enable SSH on UTM, and hit the command line
Find the interfaces in question "ifconfig"
Then assign the interfaces the addresses manually.

I have 1 modem @ 192.168.1.1, and the other @ 192.168.2.1.
So 2 commands on the appropriate facing interfaces:
"ifconfig INTERFACE 192.168.2.2 netmask 255.255.255.0"
"ifconfig INTERFACE 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 "

Where "INTERFACE" is your eth interface facing the modem(s)
That did the Trick! Modems are now accessible internally.

Hi, JohnRiley good advice, but you don't have to do this on command line since your configuration may get lost on reboot or update. Under interfaces and routing, use the additional address tab. This way it will be saved as a part of your backup also [;)]

So ps500 , put your external modem in a different subnet eg 10.72.1.1 and then create an additional address 10.72.1.2 on the UTM as john suggested.

Hi Billybob, already tried this - it didn't work. I've seen some other postings on this site of people also trying this - didn't work.

I haven't used pppoe in years so I have no way to recheck if the additional IP still works but by using ifconfig, you are essentially adding additional IP via command line that you can't see in webadmin.

In any case, I just noticed the original thread date and it was created more than 2 years ago but perhaps our conversation will help someone else [;)]
Regards